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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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